…architecture of something else

just wanna try to do a little bit of something for life …

publication: library project

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Majalah Tempo, April 2011

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May 19th, 2011 at 3:26 pm

check my child clinic

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A therapy centre for autistic children and other special needs children at Kayuputih, East Jakarta. The programme comprising various therapeutic programme for special needs children: sensory integration, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, as well as the spaces for various support activities: magazine publications for parents, classes and courses.

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May 19th, 2011 at 3:25 pm

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re-inventing places

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The first winner of Si Pitung House Conservation design competition (in collaboration with DX-6)

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May 19th, 2011 at 3:25 pm

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a house for a collective economy

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An entry for international design competition: A House for Luanda. The development of a system for a collective economy, towards self-sufficiency of food and agriculture, and the empowerment of local craft and home industry.

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May 19th, 2011 at 3:23 pm

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intertwine

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The first winner of University of Indonesia Student Housing design competition (in collaboration with DX-6)

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May 19th, 2011 at 3:20 pm

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liquidity and evolution in community intervention scenario

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The winner of international design competition Let’s Not Talk About Architecture, mAAN*Y 2010.

Challenging the notion of participation as it may be implemented through different intervention scenarios. We attempts to expose various lessons that we could learn from different stages of participatory process. Each scenario is developed around specific site contexts, with different resources and challenges, and thus may yield various results – both the expected and the unexpected. What happens after the completion of intervention process is much more important than all the efforts that have been attempted. The ideas of community­-based approach is to generate sustainability for the society’s space.

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May 19th, 2011 at 3:15 pm

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reconsidering ‘out of place’ elements

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Street Vendors as ‘Out of Place’ Urban Elements
Yandi Andri Yatmo

Published in:
Journal of Urban Design Volume 13 No 3 (2008)


Abstract

The existence of street vendors has become a problematic issue in many countries. Despite various arguments that either support or reject their presence in urban environments, street vendors generally have been accused of disrupting the order of the environment and therefore should be removed. The arguments in this paper reconsider the position of street vendors in Indonesian cities, drawing on Mary Douglas’ theory of ‘out of place’. Such a reassessment of street vendors as the ‘out of place’ urban elements offers a theoretical basis for the practice of urban design and planning in dealing with certain unwanted elements.

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June 27th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

living on the wall

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An alternative concept for housing in the 21st century city
Awarded Kenneth H. Murta Prize, University of Sheffield in 2001 for excellence in design and construction.

This is a project proposal for an alternative concept of living in the 21st century city; responding to issues emerged in relation to the new way of living in the city; exploring the issues of an ‘on-off city’, ‘front-back facades’ and ’sky-ground-surface’ an attempt to ‘light up’ the city centre at night and to revive the back facades.

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June 27th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

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operations - station to station

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A project for a design competition for new train stations at the University of Indonesia.

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June 27th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

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by the lake

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A student canteen for Faculty of Economics, sitting by the beautiful lake at the University of Indonesia campus.

an expression of materials

an expression of building elements

an expression of linearity

responding to site, revealing the truth of building materials and elements, creating boundaries, defining the space inside, extending the space outside

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June 27th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

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